The details about the call for papers for the tenth Ohio Linux Fest are here.

This week’s security alerts are passwords are not going away any time soon and wasting hacker’s time to keep web sites safe.

In this week’s news, The Pirate Bay launches a promo platform for artists, how quantum computing could move to the cloud, smallest transistors from nano-tubes outperform silicon, and Google’s new privacy policy including first reactions and Google’s response to them.

Following up this Mozilla adds BrowserID support to all its sites and Kirby Ferguson and EFF seek a remix exemption to the DMCA.

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The hacker word of the week this week is fool.

The feature this week is a monologue that attempts to bring to the surface some of the assumptions that inform my world view as a self identified hacker for examination and hopefully discussion.

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This week’s security alerts are a new slow motion DoS attack and mapping malware into beautiful 3D models.

In this week’s news, a semantic line interface, considering internet access as a human right, why you don’t need a college degree to be a profession coder, and a call to bring back the busy signal, at least metaphorically.

Following up this week file sharing religion officially recognized in Sweden and first SOPA’s DNS blocking provision is deferred then the entire bill is delayed indefinitely.

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Listener feedback this week came from Thomas who wrote to let me know PuTTY is available in Debian based Linux distros as well as on Windows.

The hacker word of the week this week is foobar.

The feature this week is an Inner Chapter in the challenges and opportunities of working at all levels.

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This is likely to be the last podcast of the year. Next Sunday is Christmas with familial obligations if not personal observation. The Sunday after is New Year’s day when I am likely to need to quietly recover from the evening before. If you want to hear more from me before 2012, try the latest Living Proof Brew Cast, my latest stint guest co-hosting Tecnorama or the travelog from my most recent business trip to Paris (day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4 and day 5.) Appropriate to the shortening days, listener Florian sent a link to a great blog post talking about hacking your metabolism to offset seasonal effects.

This week’s security alerts are OpenDNS adds encrypted security and security problem in PuTTY ssh client fixed.

In this week’s news, potential for small and low energy chips demonstrated with first molybdenite prototype, the condescending UI, no copyright infringement intended and 3D printing in space.

Following up this week alternate bill to SOPA proposed with open feedback site and early analysis and Other OS class action against Sony dismissed.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is the recording of the live interview I conducted with Cory Doctorow at the New America Foundation (where I now work.) We talked mostly about his new essay collection, “Context” but as usual the conversation ranged widely from there, especially when we opened up to audience questions.

My thanks to both Cory for his time and John Taylor Williams for getting me this audio.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is a conversation I had with my friend and friend of the podcast, Chris Miller, about digital scofflaws, inspired by Ken Burns’ “Prohibition” documentary.

Update: My guest, Chris Miller, assembled some more in-depth notes on our discussion when he re-shared this episode on his blog.

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In the intro, if you are interested in my recent trip to Brussels, check out my four part travelogue (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4), a great short film about the EU Hackathon, or my beer focused take on it in the most recent episode of Living Proof. I will be heading back to Europe, to visit Paris for the first time the week of December 5th. On the events side, I will be interviewing Cory Doctorow live at New America this Tuesday and the organizers of the fantastic Southern California Linux Expo have extended a special discount code to my listeners. Just put “CMDLN” (without the quotes) in when registering to receive 50% off. In addition, they’ve given me one free pass to give away, just be the first to email me asking about it.

This week’s security alerts are study finds privacy tools are failing to protect users and security researchers bypasses Windows 8 secure boot.

In this week’s news, gamers create recipes for protein-folding algorithms, a public library completely re-imagined, high resolution microscopy advance could shrink CPUs beyond current limits, and a super computer on a chip.

Following up this week Senate votes down anti-network neutrality resolution and the online piracy debate is far from over.

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In the intro I gave another brief travel update as I am leaving right after releasing this episode for Brussels to participate in the EU Hackathon. I have booked my travel to Paris for the first full week of December. Speaking of events, Cory will be in DC November 22nd and I will be interviewing him at a live book event followed by Q&A. Another event, which I won’t be attending, but looks worth checking out is the Indiana Linux Fest.

The hacker word of the week this week is fontology.

The feature this week is a rant on how copyright is becoming toxic. This is partly informed by currently events and partly by my current and recent reading.

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In the intro, Dennis Ritchie Day, John McCarthy passes away, and a quick review of “Children of the Sky” by Vernor Vinge, his sequel to “Fire Upon the Deep.”

This week’s security alerts are using a smartphone as a keylogger and ASLR comes to Android 4.0.

In this week’s news, salted disks hold up to six times more data, Kinect turns any surface into an interactive touch screen, 18th century cipher cracked with the aid of machine translation, and massively parallel computer built from a single layer of molecules.

Following up this week the House version of the Senate’s flawed copyright bill is even worse.

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In the intro I gave a brief travel update–I’ll be in San Francisco for the Silicon Valley Human Rights conference, Brussels for the EU Hackathon and Paris in December. I thanked Jed for treating me to dinner and beer while he was out in  the DC area. I observed a moment of silence to commemorate the passing of Dennis Ritchie.

Listener feedback this time was from Eric in response to the interview from last week.

The hacker word of the week this week is FOD.

The feature this week includes a couple of readings from Cory Doctorow’s just released essay collection, (c)ontext.

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In the intro I mentioned Chris Miller’s post about info-suicide and my thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs.

Listener feedback this time was from Charles who also supplied a follow up, Chris Miller, and Kevin.

The feature this week is an interview with int 0×80, the MC of the hip-hop, nerd core group, Dual Core.

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This week’s security alerts are smart meters reveal TV viewing habits and first solutions to new, critical SSL/TLS vulnerability.

In this week’s news, the troubled history of UNIVAC America’s first commercial computer, how Microsoft might lock Linux of Windows 8 computers including Microsoft’s own response to the suggestion, Dawkins’ weasels beat British Museum monkeys at producing Shakespeare, and the future of the silicon chip.

Following up this week modern replica of Babbage’s unfinished machine moves forward and Canadian DMCA expected to pass.

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Update: A listener brought to my attention a couple of spots in this episode’s audio that were very problematic. I have fixed the original audio and reposted for anyone who hasn’t yet listened to the episode.

The hacker word of the week this week is Flyspeck 3.

The feature this week is a discussion of some of my recent experiences with communities and the questions they raise.

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This week’s security alerts are Intel demos new hardware assisted security and the return of BIOS trojans.

In this week’s news, consequences of the recent certificate authority hacks including browser maker responses and constructive and not so constructive alternatives, full duplex wireless could double bandwidth, a new game to learn coding through game play, and considering whether a robot could be conscious.

Following up this week authors guild sues universities over book digitization and Sony’s response to troubling breaches is to use terms of service to forestall suits while suggesting it is for the customers best interest.

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In the intro, a reminder that I will be at the Ohio Linux Fest this weekend. If you are going to be there, come and find me!

The hacker word of the week this week is flush.

The feature this week is a discussion of my experiences traveling to Budapest, Hungary for Transfabric, focusing on the event itself. If you want to hear my personal impressions, in rough form, I recorded about ten minutes each night I was there.

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In the intro, my thanks to James C. for his generous donation  and Jed wrote in to share the title of the short story he mentioned in his feedback in the last episode: Risk.

The hacker word of the week this week is flowchart.

The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the subject of travel.

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In the intro, I announce the shift of this podcast to a once weekly schedule from twice weekly and my reasons for making this change.

Listener feedback this week was all in response to the science fiction monologue on AI, from Eric and from Jed who also mentioned “For Want of a Nail” on Escape Pod.

The hacker word of the week this week is flood.

The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the subject of adjustment. It continues the trajectory of my personal career discussions from work-life balance through personal growth and my rant on having nowhere to go.

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In the intro, my thanks to Craig for another donation, a particularly generous one this time. Also a heads up on some upcoming travel, to Transfabric in Budapest and Ohio Linux Fest.

This week’s security alerts are child finds a flaw in mobile games and a clear illustration of why the common wisdom about secure passwords may be bad advice.

In this week’s news, UCLA is the latest school to offer a digital humanities program (similar to MITH at UMD with its great speaker series), a stone-like optical disc that might last forever, breakthrough in portal and high resolution 3D scanning, and IBM CTO argues the PC is in decline.

Following up this week Google aids Bletchley Park again and Google brings Android App Inventor to an end.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is a recording, made by Paul Fischer of the Balticon Podcast, of the EFF panel at DEF CON.

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In the intro, a recommendation for the Humble Indie Bundle #3.

This week’s security alerts are using science fiction to teach computer security and Android trojan records calls.

In this week’s news, nano-circuits that adhere to any substrate, 800Mbps wirelss network made using LED light bulbs, escaping from inifinite loops, and Mozilla’s vision of an internet life plartform.

Following up this week FOI requests reveal passage of the Digital Economy Act was a foregone conclusion and ripping CDs set to be legalized in the UK.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is a monologue examining the treatment of artificial intelligence in science fiction.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is a monologue re-visiting the topic of social spaces.

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In the intro, thanks to Kevin for his donation and for Scott for donating again. Also I share a quick, spoiler free review of Captain America.

This week’s security alerts are Google introduces malware detection in search results and Apple laptop batteries can be bricked, firmware hacked.

In this week’s news, study shows programmers get better with age, an anti-censorship tool that works with the Internet’s infrastructure, Internet activist charged with data theft, and neural network from DNA strands.

Following up this week more on six-strike deal and what might have happened had users been at the table and judge calls $1.5M file-sharing judgment “appalling,” slashes to $54,000.

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Listener feedback this week was from David about my frustrations over iTunes with my newer podcast and Charles in response to my quick review of The Net Delusion, in response to which I still urge interested listeners to check out Cory Doctorow’s much more in-depth critic.

The hacker word of the week this week is flippy.

The feature this week is a monologue examining the value of serendipity, in response to a request from my good friend, John Taylor Williams.

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In the intro, a welcome to all new listeners. Also, a reminder I will be in New York this coming week. Email me if you are interested in grabbing a beer Wednesday, 7/13. Finally, I share a quick review of Evgeny Morozov’s The Net Delusion which I think served a similar purpose on a personal level as Cyberselfish but was much better written, warts and all. If you want a more comprehensive review, I recommend the one Cory Doctorow wrote for The Guardian back in January.

This week’s security alerts are cracking DES faster with John the Ripper and a Firefox add on to help visualize how you are tacked as you surf.

In this week’s news, an evolution machine that could speed up genetic engineering, seven successful projects that came from TechShop, unintended consequences of mood detecting goggles, and ISPs agree to six strikes proposal from big content.

Following up this week law professors sign on to letter protesting the PROTECT IP Act and WIPO broadcast treaty returns from the grave.

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There is no hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is what I thought might be a delightful surprise, where a frequent guest of the podcast over these past six years interviews me in honor of my recent podcast anniversary. In the interview, Data General’s mini-computers figured prominently in my early memories. In discussion of adversity and its role in pedagogy, I refer to Spolsky’s Law of Leaky Abstraction. In considering the future cost of technology choices, my interviewer referred to the Final Cut Pro X kerfuffle. The MC Chris hit, Fett’s Vette was suggested in response to my Dad’s ’63 Corvette which he has to this day. Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures books were some of the earliest genre fiction in which my mom got me interested. All of my enjoyment of science fiction was inspired by her.

Towards the end of the interview, we chatted about one of the higher profile projects, Commotion, at my new day job. I gave the example of AWMN as a mesh that did and still does do more than just share internet access. Turning to the state of podcasting, I cited Nathan Lowell as an excellent example of an author who both gets the power of different media and who has used newer media to incrementally build modest success. My other podcast, with which I am experiencing trouble getting into iTunes, is the Living Proof Brew Cast.

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The hacker word of the week this week is flavor.

The feature this week is a monologue, as suggested by Don, exploring the dictum with which I close every show: hack your world. I mention Oxblood Ruffin’s recent interview in which he so well defines hacktivism. I mention the book my reaction against which set my on this larger course.

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In the intro, thanks to Charles and David for their recent, generous donations. This week’s feature cast will be a day late do to a crazy schedule this coming week. And AdBard is shutting down at the end of this month.

This week’s security alerts are storing passwords in uncrackable form and Android NFC bug may be the first of many exploits of this new capability.

In this week’s news, British Library encloses the public domain including a few more details from the announced digitization project, kind of screwed, building an AI guide to online content, and a neural prosthesis that could improve our memories.

Following up this week BT’s and TalkTalk’s appeal of their failed judicial review of the Digital Economy Act is denied and the musician behind a clever sonification of Pi is embroiled in a copyright suit.

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In the intro, a heads up that there will be no feature cast this week because I will be too busy with CopyNight DC and some work for the open source beer fellowship.

This week’s security alerts are Nissan Leaf leaks speed, position and destination and software deduces location from tweets even when it isn’t specified or is explicitly set to a misleading value.

In this week’s news, considering whether we still need FSF, GNU and GPL, the efficiency of nano-magnetic computers, figuring out if we are in a golden age of hacking or not, and using AR to share application state between computers and mobile devices.

Following up this week a list of sites fighting domain seizures and an add on to undo Google’s instant results anti-piracy censorship.

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